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Russian gas from Greece to Italy; the New project
February 29th, 2016
Gazprom revives ‘Poseidon’ Adriatic link Gazprom has revived a project that would see an offshore pipeline built to bring Russian gas from Greece to Italy. The new project is named “Poseidon”. What remains unclear is how the Russian gas ...
Gold Becomes the Biggest Winner of 2016
February 29th, 2016
Money managers boost net-long positions to highest in a year Inflows to SPDR Gold Shares beat all other U.S. ETFs Gold’s comeback is dominating 2016. The precious metal is the year’s best-performing major asset. Its 15 percent gain is ...
G-20 Wants Governments Doing More, and Central Banks Less
February 29th, 2016
Fiscal pledges lack specifics, risking market disappointment Concern voiced over currency wars after BOJ rate surprise Finance chiefs from the world’s top economies committed their governments to doing more to boost global growth amid mounting concerns over the potency ...
PwC Director: Blockchain Impact Could Create Winners and Losers
February 25th, 2016
Global professional services giant PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) became the latest big-name firm to make its blockchain service offerings public this month, unveiling a solution portfolio designed to take business clients from ideation to iteration as they explore the emerging technology. The ...
Asia trades lower as market sentiment falls, ASX slips 2%, Shanghai down 1%
February 24th, 2016
Asia stocks traded mostly down Wednesday morning, with a combination of low oil prices, concerns over China and weak overnight data weighing on market sentiment. In Japan, the benchmark Nikkei 225 retraced losses over 1.7 percent early on to trade down ...
What impact will new European law have on the buy-to-let market?
February 19th, 2016
At the moment buy-to-let lending is not regulated. But new rules from 21 March 2016 mean that around one in ten of this type of mortgage lending will come under the regulatory control of the Financial Conduct Authority. What ...
The true role of gold
February 19th, 2016
At a time of growing concern about the global financial system, it is time to remind ourselves why physical gold is so important for the benefit of the nearly three quarters of a million BitGold and GoldMoney customers, as ...
Brexit: The impact on commercial relationships and contracts; 6 things you need to know
February 18th, 2016
The debate about a Brexit has focused largely on the political arguments advanced by the “in” and “out” campaigns, but a departure from the EU will obviously also have a significant impact on commercial relationships and contracts. A referendum ...
Brazil’s Independent Brokers Are Losing Money Like Crazy
February 16th, 2016
A year ago she was featured in the FORBES as a money manager to watch, but now Fernanda Lima’sbroker-dealer Gradual is in the red. Her firm, one of the largest and more successful independent brokerages, lost nearly $20 million in ...
Gold outlook improves
February 12th, 2016
There is a conflation of three related events that materially alter the prospects in favour of a higher gold price. The change in the outlook for US interest rates has probably put an end to the dollar’s four-year bull ...